“Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.”
– Rumi
Hello, Lovelies!
This Quarter I am using the Sacred Earth Oracle by Toni Carmine Salerno and Leela J. Williams, illustrated by Helena Nelson-Reed, for my weekly oracle readings.
Our card to guide us for the week ahead is INFLUENCE.
2025 is a year for pattern breaking, deep healing, mysticism and new directions.
January is a month for identifying opportunities for healing, for taking time for relationships and social connections, and for planning your hopes, dreams and goals for the year ahead.
INFLUENCE
This week you are reminded of the importance of guarding your Inner Light and your Peace this year. Your Inner Light is your true nature. Your Peace is your inner harmony, your sense of stillness and compassion, your good humour and optimism, your grace. When your Peace is disturbed, it hides your Inner Light, sometimes even from yourself.
Where are you at with your Peace right now? The best way to work this out is to place your hands over your heart, close your eyes, take a few slow breaths, and then notice how you feel. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is complete desolation and 10 is a place of calm, compassion, harmony, grace and peace, how do you feel? This inner feeling does not have to rely on your outer circumstances, although it is often affected by them.
A score of 8 or less? It’s time to take action to protect and support your heartspace and inner peace.
Think about what you need to do to improve your score.
Do you need more sleep?
A better diet? More exercise or yoga or stretching?
More time to yourself?
Less stress or drama?
Are you lonely, bored or anxious? Why? What can you do to change that?
How can you do less of what drags you down and more of what fills your cup?
Who/what is good for you?
Who/what is not good for you?
What always puts you in a better space?
What is your heart longing for?
Dig deeper, and keep asking. Trust your instincts.
Once you have identified areas where you can take action, go ahead and do something positive to protect or restore your peace. Protecting your Peace allows you to move back into flow, to feel good about yourself, to live from compassion and integrity, and to shine your Light in the world. And we always need more of that!
My Top Tip For The Week Ahead:
Take some time out for play! Play is an integral part of being human. When we play – as adults or as children (and yes, adults need play more than ever!) – it supports our emotional wellbeing. Play allows us to enter a state of relaxation, and it improves our problem-solving ability, stimulates our creativity, enhances our mental clarity and boosts our imagination. When we move into a state of play, our natural curiosity and inner wisdom will illuminate for us what we most need to know right now, especially in regard to our spiritual journey or our life path.
Can’t remember how to play? Sport and outdoor fun is always good, but so is dancing, colouring, baking, craft, jigsaw puzzles and board games, adventuring and anything creative.
Crystals to support you this week – Amethyst, Moss Agate, Rose Quartz, Orange Calcite, Red Jasper, Labradorite
Have you chosen your word or phrase for the year yet?
Mine was a while in coming, but eventually I got two. One is a secret – I can’t share it yet because it’s just for me. A made-up word of such deep meaning that I am gently shielding it from the world for now. The second word is BUILD.
BUILD is good.
This year we are building out our Journeymaker Academy and Inner Circle with new courses and materials.
BUILD for me also means building up my body, my wellbeing and strength.
It means building up my financial security.
It helps me to BUILD on my existing friendships and relationships.
It supports me to BUILD new worlds for my characters and to continue to develop my writing career.
I can BUILD new habits, new patterns, new ways of thinking and behaving. I can do that. Me!
It reminds me that everything, including me, is always a work in progress, and even small steps help take me in the right direction. It’s a word to encourage me, even when times are tough. And I do expect some tough times this year with my health – all in the name of improvement. Sometimes, the thing we seek is on the other side of the hard thing we must face.
Choosing a word for the year is part of the activities within my 2025 Journeymakers Planner, to help you to structure and live a more mindful, intuitive and meaningful life.
Are you using my Planner yet? If not they are on sale – details below.
If you are, then I have a special message for you. TAKE YOUR TIME. We’re in the Lull right now, and there is no urgency with anything. Work at your own pace. There’s no rush. I haven’t done my 2024 review yet, I’m only part way through a deep dive on my 10 card spread, and I have only just chosen my Habit and Project for the year. I’ve barely looked at January, and that’s okay. It’s okay for you too!
I have my big meeting with my doctors on Tuesday, to show me the plan forward for this year, and while I feel a little nervous about that, I am also ready for whatever comes. We can do hard things!
I’m so grateful for you all. It’s wonderful to share this journey of life with you.
Take some time for yourself this week, and look after that Inner Light of yours. We need you and your special magic in this world.
Sending all my love, and a little extra sparkle of fairy magic, Nicole xx (and Sokli, of course!)
PS – I have a big sale on right now. Details below.
I’m running a big sale at Amazon and in my Etsy store until the end of this month. Right now you’ll find my hard copy and digital copy of The Journeymaker’s Planner on sale at 45% off. You can buy them here:
Amazon USA – Hard Copy
Amazon Australia – Hard Copy
Nicole’s Etsy Store – Hard Copy and Digital Copy (printable and editable)
I’m also marking down almost everything in my Etsy store for the month, so pop in and stock up on gifts for yourself and your loved ones.
Nicole’s Etsy Store – for crystals, malas, journals, bracelets and essential oils.
My word is IMPROVEMENT. On all levels too. The Journeymaker Planner helped me with my financial situation with saving and budgeting better. I am sticking to a plan for this year that will bring results and I think about the end result alot. Which helps to keep me on the plan. Thanks so much Nicole 💫🙏💜✨🩵🤍
My word for 2025 is acceptance, I feel we are need to feel accepted for who we are without feeling that other people would like us more if we changed something about ourselves, this is me, I am a little weird at times take me or leave me but don’t try and change me
Sending you so much BUILDatronics Love .. XO
😊💖 That made me chuckle xx
Just thought ” I can do hard things” might be my sentence for 2025
It has always worked for me. Sending strength and love xx